IT Pro Tuesday #328
Welcome back to IT Pro Tuesday!
In the latest Security Swarm Podcast: “The Tech Industry Has a Software Quality Issue,” we discuss this problem as highlighted by Jen Easterly, the director of CISA. You’ll hear about the risks associated with software selection, the role of industry analysts, the importance of software stability and security over innovation, and the need for developers to focus on secure coding practices.
We’re looking for favorite tips and tools we can share with the community… those that help you do your job better and more easily. Please share your suggestions on the IT Pro Tuesday subreddit, and we’ll be featuring them in the coming weeks.
Now on to this week’s list!
Training Resource
Off By One Security is a YouTube channel that features a growing library of mostly livestreamed videos on advanced topics in the area of cybersecurity. Expert host Stephen Sims is a vulnerability researcher and curriculum lead for Offensive Operations at the SANS Institute. ottoe57 finds it a worthwhile resource for building skills.
Software News
VMware Fusion and Workstation are Now Free for All Users is an official notice of some welcome news for those interested in leveraging these popular desktop hypervisor products. The paid subscription model has already been suspended, so no-cost usage is now offered for all commercial, educational, and personal users! Thanks for directing us to this news goes to thewhippersnapper4.
A Free Tool
CopyClip is a simple, efficient clipboard manager for MacOS that is accessible directly from the menu bar. Stores your entire copy/cut history, so you can quickly find whatever you need. Recommended by DatManAaron1993.
A Free Tool
SmokePing is an open-source tool for monitoring network latency. Features best-of-breed latency visualization, an interactive graph explorer, a wide range of latency measurement plugins, master/slave system for distributed measurement, a highly configurable alerting system and live latency charts with the most-interesting graphs. Kindly suggested by markwei.
Another training resource
Dean Ellerby MVP offers a large collection of excellent Microsoft-specific training videos, with a special focus on Intune and security content. mai672 found it, “concise, helpful at just the right time in my Intune/Entra journey. And I just want to be his friend.”
P.S. Bonus Free Tools
RVTools uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual environments. Lists details about VMs, CPU, Memory, Disks, Partitions, Network, Floppy drives, CD drives, Snapshots, VMware tools, Resource pools, Clusters, and much more. Can also update the VMware Tools on each virtual machine to the latest version. A favorite of Pete263.
Snipe-It is an open-source, web-based asset and license management app that can track everything from consumables to whatever equipment is currently deployed, pending, ready to deploy, or archived. Completely free if self hosted. Appreciated by MFKDGAF, who says, “If configured properly, Snipe-IT can email you when licenses and warranties are coming upon expiration.”
